Jennifer Redfearn
About
Jennifer Redfearn is an Oscar nominated director. SUN COME UP follows an island community losing their land to rising seas. It was nominated for an Oscar, screened in theaters across the U.S. and aired on HBO. TOCANDO LA LUZ (TOUCH THE LIGHT) was co-produced with ITVS and aired on the World Channel. Jennifer has produced TV documentaries for PBS, the BBC, National Geographic, CNN, and Discovery and several multimedia stories for MediaStorm. Jennifer is an Associate Professor at Boston University. She has received a fellowship from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and grants from NEA, Fork Films, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Jerome Foundation, NYSCA and NYWIFT, and co-production funding from ITVS.
Reentry
In a midwestern state, battered by both the opioid crisis and high incarceration rates, three mothers prepare to return from prison to their communities and families. As they struggle to mend relationships with their children after years of separation, their stories show how poverty, drugs, and incarceration are destroying family ties, and how women working together can help each other rebuild their lives.